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2. Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.
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3. (Fig.): A rich source of wealth or other good. Shak.
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4. (Mil.) An explosive device placed concealed in a location, on land or at sea, where an enemy vehicle or enemy personnel may pass through, having a triggering mechanism which detects people or vehicles, and which will explode and kill or maim personnel or destroy or damage vehicles. A mine placed at sea (formerly called a torpedo, see {2} (a)) is also called an marine mine and underwater mine and sometimes called a floating mine, even though it may be anchored to the floor of the sea and not actually float freely. A mine placed on land (formerly called a torpedo, see {3}), usually buried, is called a land mine.
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Coloq. Mine dial , a form of magnetic compass used by miners. -- Coloq. Mine pig , pig iron made wholly from ore; in distinction from cinder pig, which is made from ore mixed with forge or mill cinder. -- Coloq. gold mine (a) a mine where gold is obtained. (b) (Fig.) a rich source of wealth or other good; same as 3. Raymond.
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mined adj. extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth. [Narrower terms: deep-mined; exploited; strip-mined]
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minefield n. 1. (Mil.) a region in which explosive mines{4} have been placed, especially a region on land.
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2. Hence: (Fig.) A situation in which a simple mistake can have disastrous consequences; a touchy or dangerous situation requiring great caution; as, the candidate threaded his way skillfully through a minefield of loaded questions from the audience.
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minelayer n. a ship equipped for laying underwater mines.
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minelaying n. The act or process of laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment.
Syn. -- mining.
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Miner (?), n. [Cf. F. mineur.]
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1. One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners.
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2. (Zoöl.) (a) Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and dipterous flies. (b) The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia (Myzantha garrula).
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Coloq. Miner's elbow (Med.), a swelling on the black of the elbow due to inflammation of the bursa over the olecranon; -- so called because of frequent occurrence in miners. -- Coloq. Miner's inch , in hydraulic mining, the amount of water flowing under a given pressure in a given time through a hole one inch in diameter. It is a unit for measuring the quantity of water supplied.
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Mineral (?), n. [F. minéral, LL. minerale, fr. minera mine. See , v. i.]
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1. An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature, having a definite chemical composition and usually a distinct crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy igneous forms, are either simple minerals or aggregates of minerals.
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2. A mine. [Obs.] Shak.
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3. Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the most general classification of things into three kingdoms (animal, vegetable, and mineral).
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Mineral, a. 1. Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or of minerals; as, a mineral substance.
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2. Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.
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Coloq. Mineral acids (Chem.), inorganic acids, as sulphuric, nitric, phosphoric, hydrochloric, acids, etc., as distinguished from the organic acids. -- Coloq. Mineral blue , the name usually given to azurite, when reduced to an impalpable powder for coloring purposes. -- Coloq. Mineral candle , a candle made of paraffin. -- Coloq. Mineral caoutchouc , an elastic mineral pitch, a variety of bitumen, resembling caoutchouc in elasticity and softness. See , and . -- Coloq. Mineral chameleon (Chem.) See Chameleon mineral, under . -- Coloq. Mineral charcoal . See under . -- Coloq. Mineral cotton . See Mineral wool (below). -- Coloq. Mineral green , a green carbonate of copper; malachite. -- Coloq. Mineral kingdom (Nat. Sci.), that one of the three grand divisions of nature which embraces all inorganic objects, as distinguished from plants or animals. -- Coloq. Mineral oil . See , and . -- Coloq. Mineral paint , a pigment made chiefly of some natural mineral substance, as red or yellow iron ocher. -- Coloq. Mineral patch . See , and . -- Coloq. Mineral right , the right of taking minerals from land. -- Coloq. Mineral salt (Chem.), a salt of a mineral acid. -- Coloq. Mineral tallow , a familiar name for hatchettite, from its fatty or spermaceti-like appearance. -- Coloq. Mineral water . See under . -- Coloq. Mineral wax . See . -- Coloq. Mineral wool , a fibrous wool-like material, made by blowing a powerful jet of air or steam through melted slag. It is a poor conductor of heat.
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Mineralist, n. [Cf. F. minéraliste.] One versed in minerals; mineralogist. [R.]
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Mineralization (?), n. [Cf. F. minéralisation.]
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1. The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant.
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2. The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water.
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3. (Bot.) The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature.
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Mineralize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mineralized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mineralizing (?).] [Cf. F. minéraliser.]
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1. To transform into a mineral.
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In these caverns the bones are not mineralized.
Buckland.
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2. To impregnate with a mineral; as, mineralized water.
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3. To charge or impregnate with ore.
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Mineralize, v. i. To go on an excursion for observing and collecting minerals; to mineralogize.
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mineralized adj. 1. containing or impregnated with minerals; as, mineralized water; red stains that signify mineralized land.
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2. converted into a mineral.
Syn. -- petrified.
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Mineralizer (?), n. An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer.
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Mineralogical (?), a. [Cf. F. minéralogique. See .] Of or pertaining to mineralogy; as, a mineralogical table.
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Mineralogically, adv. According to the principles of, or with reference to, mineralogy.
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Mineralogist (?), n. [Cf. F. minéralogiste.]
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1. One versed in mineralogy; one devoted to the study of minerals.
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2. (Zoöl.) A carrier shell (Phorus).
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Mineralogize (?), v. i. To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals. Miss Edgeworth.
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Mineralogy (?), n.; pl. Mineralogies (#). [Mineral + -logy: cf. F. minéralogie.]
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1. The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them.
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2. A treatise or book on this science.
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Minerva (?), n. [L.] (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving; -- identified with the Grecian Pallas Athene.
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minesweeper n. A boat designed for the purpose of detecting and disposing of marine mines.
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minesweeping n. 1. the activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines.
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Minette (?), n. The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs.
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Minever (?), n. Same as .
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Minge (?), v. t. [AS. myngian; akin to E. mind.] To mingle; to mix. [Obs.]
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Minge, n. [Prob. corrupt. fr. midge.] (Zoöl.) A small biting fly; a midge. [Local, U. S.]
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minginess n. an extreme stinginess.
Syn. -- meanness, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightfistedness.
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Mingle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mingled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mingling (?).] [From OE. mengen, AS. mengan; akin to D. & G. mengen, Icel. menga, also to E. among, and possibly to mix. Cf. , .]
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1. To mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product; to confuse; to confound.
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There was . . . fire mingled with the hail.
Ex. ix. 24.
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2. To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry.
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The holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands.
Ezra ix. 2.
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3. To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
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A mingled, imperfect virtue.
Rogers.
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4. To put together; to join. [Obs.] Shak.
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5. To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
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[He] proceeded to mingle another draught.
Hawthorne.
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Mingle, v. i. 1. To become mixed or blended.
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2. To associate (with certain people); as, he's too highfalutin to mingle with working stiffs.
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3. To move (among other people); -- of people; as, the president left his car to mingle with the crowd; a host at a a party should mingle with his guests.
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Mingle, n. A mixture. [Obs.] Dryden.
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Mingleable (?), a. That can be mingled. Boyle.
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Mingledly (?), adv. Confusedly.
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Mingle-mangle (?), v. t. [Reduplicated fr. mingle.] To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of. [Obs.] Udall.
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Mingle-mangle, n. A hotchpotch. [Obs.] Latimer.
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Minglement (?), n. The act of mingling, or the state of being mixed.
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Mingler (?), n. One who mingles.
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Minglingly (?), adv. In a mingling manner.
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Minaceous (?), a. Of the color of minium or red lead; miniate.
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Miniard (?), a. Migniard. [Obs.]
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Miniardize (?), v. t. To render delicate or dainty. [Obs.] Howell.
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Miniate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Miniated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Miniating (?).] [L. miniatus, p. p. of miniare. See .] To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript. T. Wharton.
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Miniate (?), a. Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.
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Miniature (?; 277), n. [It. miniatura, fr. L. miniare. See , v., .]
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1. Originally, a painting in colors such as those in mediæval manuscripts; in modern times, any very small painting, especially a portrait.
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2. Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
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3. Lettering in red; rubric distinction. [Obs.]
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4. A particular feature or trait. [Obs.] Massinger.
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Miniature, a. Being on a small scale; much reduced from the reality; as, a miniature copy.
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Miniature, v. t. To represent or depict in a small compass, or on a small scale.
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miniaturisation n. miniaturization. [Chiefly Brit.]
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miniaturise v. t. miniaturize. [Chiefly Brit.]
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Miniaturist (?), n. A painter of miniatures.
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miniaturization n. The act or process of making on a greatly reduced scale.
Syn. -- miniaturisation.
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miniaturize v. t. To design or construct on a smaller scale.
Syn. -- miniaturise.
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Minibus (?), n. [L. minor less + -bus, as in omnibus.] 1. A kind of light passenger vehicle, carrying four persons. [archaic]
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2. A type of bus (omnibus) similar in general appearnace to a standard-sized bus, but smaller and having a smaller passenger capacity, typically about 15 persons. It is usually used for transportation over relatively short distances.
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minicomputer n. (Computers) a mid-sized digital computer; at any given point in the development of computer technology, a minicomputer will be faster and have greater capacity than a microcomputer, but will be slower and have less capacity than a mainframe computer.
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Minie ball (?). [From the inventor, Captain Minié, of France.] A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel.
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Minie rifle (?). A rifle adapted to minie balls.
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Minify (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Minifying (?).] [L. minor less + -fly.]
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1. To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen.
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2. To degrade by speech or action.
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Minikin (?), n. [OD. minneken a darling, dim. of minne love; akin to G. minne, and to E. mind.]
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1. A little darling; a favorite; a minion. [Obs.] Florio.
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2. A little pin. [Obs.]
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Minikin, a. Small; diminutive. Shak.
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Minim (?), n. [F. minime, L. minimus the least, smallest, a superl. of minor: cf. It. minima a note in music. See , and cf. Minimum.]
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1. Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like.
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2. The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm, equal to one four-hundred-eightieth of a fluid ounce, or 0.06161 milliliter (U. S. measure) or 0.05919 milliliters (British measure).
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3. (Zoöl.) A small fish; a minnow. [Prov. Eng.]
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4. A little man or being; a dwarf. [Obs.] Milton.
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5. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits or friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
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6. (Mus.) A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.
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7. A short poetical encomium. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Minim, a. Minute. “Minim forms.” J. R. Drake.
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Minimal (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or having a character of, a minim or minimum; least; smallest; as, a minimal amount or value.
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Miniment (?), n. [Prob. corrupt. of moniment.] A trifle; a trinket; a token. [Obs.] Spenser.
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minimisation n. minimization. [Chiefly Brit.]
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Minimization (?), n. The act or process of minimizing. Bentham.
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minimize (mĭnĭmīz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. minimized (mĭnĭmīzd); p. pr. & vb. n. minimizing (mĭnĭmīzĭng).] 1. To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum. Bentham.
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2. To represent, to oneself or others, as of no importance or minimal importance or effect; to belittle or disarage.
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minimized adj. Reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree.
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Minimum (?), n.; pl. Minima (#). [L., fr. minimus. See .] The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum.
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Coloq. Minimum thermometer , a thermometer for recording the lowest temperature since its last adjustment.
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Minimus (?), n.; pl. Minimi (#). [L. See .] 1. A being of the smallest size. [Obs.] Shak.
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2. (Anat.) The little finger; the fifth digit, or that corresponding to it, in either the manus or pes.
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Coloq. de minimis or Coloq. de minimus a.of trifling consequence or importance; too insignificant to be worthy of concern; -- a reference to the phrase de minimis non curat lex. -- Coloq. de minimis non curat lex [Latin] The law does not concern itself with trifles; -- a principle of law, that even if a technical violation of a law appears to exist according to the letter of the law, if the effect is too small to be of consequence, the violation of the law will not be considered as a sufficient cause of action, whether in civil or criminal proceedings.
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Mining (?), n. [See , v. i.] The act or business of making mines or of working them.
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Mining, a. Of or pertaining to mines; as, mining engineer; mining machinery; a mining region.
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Coloq. Mining engineering . See the Note under .
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Minion (?), n. Minimum. [Obs.] Burton.
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Minion, n. [F. mignon, fr. OHG. minni love, G. minne; akin to E. mind. See , and cf. .]
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1. A loved one; one highly esteemed and favored; -- in a good sense. [Obs.]
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God's disciple and his dearest minion.
Sylvester.
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Is this the Athenian minion whom the world
Voiced so regardfully?
Shak.
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2. An obsequious or servile dependent or agent of another; a fawning favorite. Sir J. Davies.
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Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy!
Shak.
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3. (Print.) A small kind of type, in size between brevier and nonpareil.
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☞ This line is printed in minion type.
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4. An ancient form of ordnance, the caliber of which was about three inches. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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Minion, a. [See 2d .] Fine; trim; dainty. [Obs.] “Their . . . minion dancing.” Fryth.
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Minionette (?), a. Small; delicate. [Obs.] “His minionette face.” Walpole.
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Minionette, n. (Print.) A size of type between nonpareil and minion; -- used in ornamental borders, etc.
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Minioning (?), n. Kind treatment. [Obs.]
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Minionize (?), v. t. To flavor. [Obs.]
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{ Minionlike (?), Minionly, } a. & adv. Like a minion; daintily. Camden.
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Minionship, n. State of being a minion. [R.]
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Minious (?), a. [L. minium red lead.] Of the color of red or vermilion. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Minish (?), v. t. [OE. menusen, F. menuiser to make small, cut small, fr. (assumed) LL. minutiare, for minutare, fr. L. minutus small. See , a., and cf. , .] To diminish; to lessen.
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The living of poor men thereby minished.
Latimer.
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Minishment (?), n. The act of diminishing, or the state of being diminished; diminution. [Obs.]
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Minister (?), n. [OE. ministre, F. ministre, fr. L. minister, orig. a double comparative from the root of minor less, and hence meaning, an inferior, a servant. See 1st , and cf. , .]
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1. A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
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Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua.
Ex. xxiv. 13.
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I chose
Camillo for the minister, to poison
My friend Polixenes.
Shak.
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2. An officer of justice. [Obs.]
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I cry out the on the ministres, quod he,
That shoulde keep and rule this cité.
Chaucer.
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3. One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs.
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Ministers to kings, whose eyes, ears, and hands they are, must be answerable to God and man.
Bacon.
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4. A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business.
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☞ Ambassadors are classed (in the diplomatic sense) in the first rank of public ministers, ministers plenipotentiary in the second. “The United States diplomatic service employs two classes of ministers, -- ministers plenipotentiary and ministers resident.” Abbott.
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5. One who serves at the altar; one who performs sacerdotal duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel and administer the sacraments. Addison.
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Syn. -- Delegate; official; ambassador; clergyman; parson; priest.
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Minister, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ministered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ministering.] [OE. ministren, OF. ministrer, fr. L. ministrare. See , n.] To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
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He that ministereth seed to the sower.
2 Cor. ix. 10.
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We minister to God reason to suspect us.
Jer. Taylor.
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Minister, v. i. 1. To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.
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The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister.
Matt. xx. 28.
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2. To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies; as, to minister to the sick. Matt. xxv. 44.
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Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased?
Shak.
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Ministerial (?), a. [L. ministerialis: cf. F. ministériel. See , and cf. .]
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1. Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant.
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Enlightening spirits and ministerial flames.
Prior.
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2. Of or pertaining to the office of a minister or to the ministry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal. “Ministerial offices.” Bacon. “A ministerial measure.” Junius. “Ministerial garments.” Hooker.
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3. Tending to advance or promote; contributive. “Ministerial to intellectual culture.” De Quincey.
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Coloq. The ministerial benches , the benches in the House of Commons occupied by members of the cabinet and their supporters; -- also, the persons occupying them. “Very solid and very brilliant talents distinguish the ministerial benches.” Burke.
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Syn. -- Official; priestly; sacerdotal; ecclesiastical.
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Ministerialist, n. A supporter of the ministers, or the party in power.
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Ministerially, adv. In a ministerial manner; in the character or capacity of a minister.
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Ministery (?), n. See . Milton.
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Ministracy (?), n. Ministration. [Obs.]
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Ministral (?), a. Ministerial. [Obs.] Johnson.
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